Ink-well.



Wl. LUBAS.

INK WELL.

APPLICATION FILED Aue. IG, ISIS.

iuiviriisn srar MIKE LUBAS, F NAU'G-ATUCK, CONNECTICUT.

INK-WELL ideama.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.. f?, 1915..

Application filed August 16, 1915. Serial No. 45,757.

To all /i/i'tom t may concern.-

Be it known that l, Minn LUBAS, subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at Naugatuck, in the county of New iaven andState of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin lnk-lVells, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new useful improvements in ink-wells.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of an-inkwell `hatis easy and inexpensive to manufacture and whiclris especiallyserviceable for desk use, the same and 'beinO rovided with a closinrrmeans for preventing evaporation of the ink.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an inkwell whichis readily opened for use, but closable in an air-tight condition whennot in use, thereby preventing an evaporation of the contained ink andthus coi'iserviiig the saine.

A. still further object is the provision of. a closable inkwell soarranged that the prevention of loss et' the ink is effected either byevaporation or spilling when the same is closed.

l'lith these general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the saine consists in thenovel combination and arrange.-

`inent of parts hereinater more fully de in the accompanying scribed,illustrated drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

ln the dia.vings forming ay part of this application and. in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding' parts throughout theseveral views, Figure 1 is a central transverse sectional view through lthe device in its open position. Fig. is a similar view thereof' initsclosed position partially broken away. Fig. 3 is a top plan view ofthe device in its closed position. Fig. 4 is upon line IV-IV of Fig. 1,and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the closure member detached.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, an ink-well is providedpreferably formed of some vitreous material and the same inav be of anydesired shape, but is herein illustrated substantially cubical in formand provided with an inner ink chainber 11.

A. pen receiving opening 12 is arranged ink-well, while forward a.transverse sectional view taken substantially centrally of the top 13 ofthe a closure slide 14 is positioned in theink-well slidal'ily mountedwithin opposite transverse slots 15 of a slide receiving recess 16formed upon the inner side 17 of the said topll, the said recesstraversing the said top opening 12.

A slot or. opening 18 is arranged at the forward side of the ink-welland the slide is positioned therethrough having its end provided with ayprojecting handle 19 by means of which the slide 14 is opened andclosed at will. pen guard 2O consisting of a' tapered tube has one endAscrew-threaded within an opening 21 of the slide 14. the said slideopening being of less diameter than the top opening 12 of the ink-lwell. a ckings 22 t l .a re carried by the lower side of the slide 1v1.

extending in parallelism at points opposite the pen guard and wherebythe slide is mounted in an air tight manner slidable within theinl{-\vell.

` It will thus be seen, that the pen guard 2O may be positioned directlybeneath the tOp pen-receiving opening 12 of' the ink-Well and in whichposition the ink in the chamber 11 is readily. accessible to a penthrough the top opening 12 and interiorly of the pen .guard 20 withinwhich the ink may rise to the saine level as the ink in the chamber 11.When the ink-well is not in use, the inkwell opening 12 ymay be readilyclosed by grasping the slide handle '19 and withdrawi ing the slide 14to the position illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and so as tounderlie the said opening 12, it being understood that the packings 22insure a tight-engage,- incnt between the slide 14 and thefupper .face23 ot' the receiving recess 16, the slide also having a fluid-tightsliding engagement within the slot 1S. It will benoted that the taperedgua rd 2O opening 21 of the slide 14 by being positioned through the topopening 12 of the ink-well and then screwed into the said slide opening.spann'er wrench receiving sockets 2l being provided in the outer end-ofthe is inserted within the said guard 20. lt will thus be evidentthat an ink-well is provided which is inexpensive to manufacture, butwhich at the same time actively carries out the objects heretoforeenumerated. f

lVhile theform of the invention herein shown' and described is what isbelieved to be Athe preferred embodiments thereof, is nevertheless to beunderstood that minor ehnnges nur v be niude without departing ironithe. .'spiri*U und seope of the invention :is ret forth in the eluiins.

Vilhat I eluiin :is new i` i. in n deviee oi iihe class described eoln-:i vitreous bodv having' :in ink-rem elunnber therein und further having:i pen entrance openingl in the top thereof und i Slo' in its forwardSide, '.1 lQlide, shift :ibiv posii'ioned through the Suid Slot undhuvini;` :fr path of uiovenient trnnSverselv oll Suid opening. be .Quidslide beine,` provided with un opening herein intermediate the endsthereof, und :i tubulintupered pen guard seeured through the Suid slideopening und projeeting innnrdl);v of the Suid elnnnber. i

2. A. device of the eluss described Coin- -prising un ink-well memberhaving a peir receiving o iliening in the. top thereof. and :i

transverse recess in the inner face of the :greggi-n.

sind zop und truvenfing the said opening, the Suid Well nieinber inningn slot in its forward Side eonnnuni ating with the Suid recess, :i slideShiltnbly mounted through the Suid Slot und within the Suid reeeSS,pzrrlinllv longitudinally extendingfluid-tight puekings` carried bv theunderside or' the Said slide, the Suid slide being provided vvilh :iSubsnnliullv eenlrul serevv-threuded opening, therei'ln'migir u iuperediubulnr pen guide positioned through the sind lop openinny und huvingljlhreuded eurnleineln: within i'he Suid slide openingx` und positioned inuu'rdly oi' the well. he Huid guard being provided with \vre\nhholdsor-,kein in its outer end und :i proieetinfT opernling: hundle ezn'riedby he Suid slide outwardly ol' the said slot.

in testimony whereof 'i :'dlili in)v signature.

MHUQ LUB

